#40A98D#40A98D

#40A98D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.105 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A98D
RGB	rgb(64, 169, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 16.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -37.01, 5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 37.43, 171.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.1045 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.105 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1077, 31.3868, 30.1400)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A98D #A9405C

analogous

#40A958 #40A98D #4090A9

triadic

#40A98D #8D40A9 #A98D40

tetradic

#40A98D #5840A9 #A9405C #90A940

square

#40A98D #5840A9 #A9405C #90A940

split-complementary

#40A98D #A94090 #A95840

monochromatic

#1E5043 #2F7D68 #40A98D #62C4AA #8FD5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#40A98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#40A98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40A98D

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A98D	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 169, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.105 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3ae',
    500: '#40a98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a98d;
$custom-light: #80c3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66633,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A98D

secondary

#C08595

accent

#5376D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A98D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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